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This chapter explores some potential messages that late antique representations of cities—citysca... more This chapter explores some potential messages that late antique representations of cities—cityscapes and personifications or cities—conveyed to the beholder. In the case of the profuse assemblage of cityscapes depicted on the mosaic pavement of Saint Stephen at Kastron Mefaa (modern Umm ar-Rasas, Jordan), in Provincia Arabia, eschatological ideas of salvation were associated with pilgrimage networks. The sacred sites in the Holy Land were visually connected on the Madaba mosaic map with the “order” and “economy,” two key concepts of Byzantine political thought, ensuring a good life for the inhabitants and safe pilgrimage routes for the faithful. The notion of good administration, contributing to social well-being, also appeared in association with city personifications. The combination of their images in numerous artifacts, including the model of the—probably—Carolingian ivory diptych with Roma and Constantinopolis in the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna, also highlights Byzantium's political ideology of ecumenicity and Constantinople's civilizing mission in the age of Justinian.

Πεπραγμένα ΙΑ΄ Διεθνούς Κρητολογικού Συνεδρίου (Ρέθυμνο, 21-27 Οκτωβρίου 2011), τόμ. Β2, επιμ. Νικόλαος Ε. Παπαδογιαννάκης και Ειρήνη Γαβριλάκη, Ρέθυμνο: Ιστορική και Λαογραφική Εταιρεία Ρεθύμνης, 2021

The Encyclopedia of the Global Middle Ages, 2019

This new and exclusive major reference work commissioned by Arc Humanities Press takes an inclusi... more This new and exclusive major reference work commissioned by Arc Humanities Press takes an inclusive approach to the history of the middle ages. It includes overviews based on specific regional areas as well as thematic overviews of key concepts within their global contexts. Case study articles provide deep dives into how these broader themes can be explored through specific, global examples and, in future platform updates, the encyclopedia will be expanded to include object case studies. The encyclopedia aims to provide readers with scholarly articles by global contributors and specialists in all things medieval, to bring the medieval world alive and present how, as today, diversity and connection competed with isolation and conflict during a significant era in global history.

Erforschen - Erkennen - Weitergeben. Gewidmet dem Gedenken an Helmut Buschhausen, edited by Heide Buschhausen und Jadranka Prolović, Lohmar, 2021

A large icon depicting the Allegory of Heavenly Jerusalem belongs to the Monastery of the Most Ho... more A large icon depicting the Allegory of Heavenly Jerusalem belongs to the Monastery of the Most Holy Virgin Platytera, in Corfu. The image of Heavenly Jerusalem, at the top right of the icon, is counterbalanced by that of Babylon, at the bottom left. Numerous personifications of vices exit through the wide gate in Babylon’s wall and move towards Hell, while only a few figures, mainly Orthodox monks, leave Babylon through a narrow gate, attempting to reach Holy Zion. Apart from Biblical sources, this imagery is influenced by the treatise "The Heavenly Ladder" by John Sinaites (also called John Climacus) and its representations as well as Renaissance art. The icon can be dated to between 1510 and the middle of the sixteenth century and attributed
to Venetian-held Crete.

Ἐγκαρδίως. Αφιέρωμα στον Νίκο Ζία (επιμ. Αναστασία Τούρτα και Τζένη Αλμπάνη), Θεσσαλονίκη: Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού. Διεύθυνση Βυζαντινών και Μεταβυζαντινών Αρχαιοτήτων - Ευρωπαϊκό Κέντρο Βυζαντινών και Μεταβυζαντινών Μνημείων, 2021

Ἑκάστου τὸ ἔργον φανερὸν γενήσεται. Icon with the Last Judgment at the Saint Catherine’s Monaster... more Ἑκάστου τὸ ἔργον φανερὸν γενήσεται.
Icon with the Last Judgment at the Saint Catherine’s Monastery, on Mount Sinai.

A large Post-Byzantine icon of the Last Judgment (fig. 1) (dimensions 105 x 115 cm) is fixed, among other panel icons, on the reverse side of the iconostasis at the katholikon of Saint Catherine’s monastery, on Mount Sinai. It is a work of high artistic quality, with a wealth of iconography and influences from High Renaissance painting. It can be attributed to the Cretan painter Georgios Klontzas (1530s-1608) and dated in terms of stylistic criteria to the last decade of the sixteenth century.

In line with the Byzantine iconography of the Second Coming, the icon in question shows the contrast between the two worlds, of Good and Evil, placing greater emphasis to the former; an inscription above Christ refers only to the righteous. Three choirs of elects are shown on the left, whereas the sinners, to the right, are portrayed in one group. The damned in Hell are less numerous than in other Last Judgments by Klontzas. On the other hand, Paradise is inhabited only by the Ancient of Days, welcoming the repentant Thief. This iconographic rendering is probably related to the fact that the icon addressed a monastic community, aiming to enhance their faith and call upon them to repentance. As cited in the research to present, Klontzas had close relations to the Sinai monastery, for which he painted seven more icons.

Urban Art and the City: Creating, Destroying, and Reclaiming the Sublime, ed. by Argyro Loukaki, Abingdon: Routledge, 2021

Byzantine and post-Byzantine art was not familiar with a realistic visual approach of the city. H... more Byzantine and post-Byzantine art was not familiar with a realistic visual approach of the city. However, cityscapes in some post-Byzantine icons, which this paper aims to explore, are not merely complementary motifs to the backdrop of religious scenes but also visual expressions of the commissioner’s notions of the social character of the city. The rendering of cities in these icons conforms to visual conventions of Byzantine art, and particularly the lack of perspective, urban fabric, and landmarks, as well as the anti-realistic forms of buildings, and their small scale in relation to human figures. On the other hand, elements of the pictorial narrative, as well as inscriptions, contribute to the visual articulation of criticism towards late medieval urban life.

Case studies of this approach are three icons in Greek and Cypriot collections which this paper aims to discuss: the Allegory of Heavenly Jerusalem at the Monastery of the Most Holy Virgin Platytera, in Corfu island; St. Demetrios at the Byzantine Museum of Antivouniotissa in Corfu; the Last Judgment, at the Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation in Nicosia.

Heaven and Earth. Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections, exhibition catalogue, ed. by Anastasia Drandaki, Demetra Papanikola-Bakirtzi, and Anastasia Tourta., 2013

The Historical Review/La Revue Historique, 16, 2019

This paper addresses attitudes towards the medieval past of Athens from modern to postmodern time... more This paper addresses attitudes towards the medieval past of Athens from modern to postmodern times. Athens, a symbol of classical civilisation, had become a provincial Byzantine centre. From the proclamation of Athens in 1833 as the capital of the modern Greek state to about 1880, archaeological research in Athens focused on classical antiquities at the expense of the preservation of monuments of the Middle Ages, which was regarded as a period of decline. The historical and artistic value of Athenian medieval monuments has been acknowledged since the late nineteenth century. The international progress of Byzantine studies, the national narrative on the continuity of Greek history, the political concept of the Megali Idea (“Great Idea”), and contemporary state policies based on “diachrony and synergy” contributed to this significant ideological shift. Athens is, however, still renowned and admired worldwide for its classical past, with its medieval cultural heritage less highlighted.

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Η ζωφόρος του Μεγάρου Stoclet, σε σχέδια του Gustav Klimt (1905-1911), είναι ένα σύνολο τριών ψηφ... more Η ζωφόρος του Μεγάρου Stoclet, σε σχέδια του Gustav Klimt (1905-1911), είναι ένα σύνολο τριών ψηφιδωτών πινάκων, οι οποίοι κοσμούν την τραπεζαρία της πολυτελούς κατοικίας του Adolphe Stoclet, έργου του αρχιτέκτονα Josef Hoffmann και, από το 2009, μνημείο της παγκόσμιας πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς της UNESCO. Στην παρούσα μελέτη διερευνώνται οι επιδράσεις της βυζαντινής τέχνης στη «ζωφόρο Stoclet» στην οποία κυριαρχεί η απεικόνιση του Δέντρου της Ζωής.

H. Buschhausen, J. Albani, C. Bohlman, G. Dembski, T. Gorecki, F. M. Khorshid, M. Lantschner, B. Mencarelli, W. Pahl, H. Plach, T. Pertlwieser, K. Scherzer, Die Ausgrabungen von Dair Abu Fana in Ägypten in den Jahren 1991, 1992 und 1993, Ägypten und die Levante VI (1996) 13-48

Η σχετικά μικρή συλλογή εικόνων του Μουσείου Ιστορίας και Φυσικής της Χίου συγκροτήθηκε κυρίως απ... more Η σχετικά μικρή συλλογή εικόνων του Μουσείου Ιστορίας και Φυσικής της Χίου συγκροτήθηκε κυρίως από δωρεές μαθητών του Γυμνασίου. Οι δέκα εικόνες της, που παρουσιάζονται αντιπροσωπευτικά στην ενότητα αυτή, εντάσσονται στη χρονική περίοδο από τον 18ο αιώνα έως τις αρχές του 20ού, εποχή κατά την οποία το νησί γνώρισε ευημερία και πολιτιστική ανάπτυξη, αλλά δέχθηκε επίσης μεγάλα πλήγματα, την καταστροφή του 1822 και τον μεγάλο σεισμό του 1881.

H. Buschhausen, J. Albani, A. Dostal, Th. Gorécki, H. Harrauer, F. M. Khorshid, B. Mencarelli, W. Pahl, V. Vogel, Ausgrabungen von Dair Abu Fana in Ägypten im Jahr 1990, Ägypten und die Levante IV (1993) 95-127.

Μετά το τέλος της Εικονομαχίας, το 843, και τη συνακόλουθη διασαφήνιση του ρόλου της εικόνας στην... more Μετά το τέλος της Εικονομαχίας, το 843, και τη συνακόλουθη διασαφήνιση του ρόλου της εικόνας στην Ορθοδοξία, το τέμπλο των βυζαντινών ναών διαμορφώνεται βαθμιαία σε ψηλό συμπαγές πέτασμα με φορητές εικόνες (εικονοστάσιο). Υπό την επίδραση των μυστικιστικών τάσεων, που υπήρξαν καθοριστικές για την εξέλιξη της Θείας Λειτουργίας, το ψηλό τέμπλο καθιστά τα τεκταινόμενα στο ιερό αθέατα για το εκκλησίασμα. Παράλληλα προσαρμόζεται στους νέους αρχιτεκτονικούς τύπους του ορθόδοξου ναού, έχει δηλαδή κατά κανόνα ευθύγραμμη διάταξη και αναπτύσσεται καθ' όλο το πλάτος της ανατολικής πλευράς του ναού και δη της πρόθεσης, του ιερού και του διακονικού. Στο κέντρο του, η Ωραία Πύλη συνδέει τον κυρίως ναό με το ιερό, πρόσβαση στο οποίο έχουν μόνο οι κληρικοί.

This chapter explores some potential messages that late antique representations of cities—citysca... more This chapter explores some potential messages that late antique representations of cities—cityscapes and personifications or cities—conveyed to the beholder. In the case of the profuse assemblage of cityscapes depicted on the mosaic pavement of Saint Stephen at Kastron Mefaa (modern Umm ar-Rasas, Jordan), in Provincia Arabia, eschatological ideas of salvation were associated with pilgrimage networks. The sacred sites in the Holy Land were visually connected on the Madaba mosaic map with the “order” and “economy,” two key concepts of Byzantine political thought, ensuring a good life for the inhabitants and safe pilgrimage routes for the faithful. The notion of good administration, contributing to social well-being, also appeared in association with city personifications. The combination of their images in numerous artifacts, including the model of the—probably—Carolingian ivory diptych with Roma and Constantinopolis in the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna, also highlights Byzantium's political ideology of ecumenicity and Constantinople's civilizing mission in the age of Justinian.

Πεπραγμένα ΙΑ΄ Διεθνούς Κρητολογικού Συνεδρίου (Ρέθυμνο, 21-27 Οκτωβρίου 2011), τόμ. Β2, επιμ. Νικόλαος Ε. Παπαδογιαννάκης και Ειρήνη Γαβριλάκη, Ρέθυμνο: Ιστορική και Λαογραφική Εταιρεία Ρεθύμνης, 2021

The Encyclopedia of the Global Middle Ages, 2019

This new and exclusive major reference work commissioned by Arc Humanities Press takes an inclusi... more This new and exclusive major reference work commissioned by Arc Humanities Press takes an inclusive approach to the history of the middle ages. It includes overviews based on specific regional areas as well as thematic overviews of key concepts within their global contexts. Case study articles provide deep dives into how these broader themes can be explored through specific, global examples and, in future platform updates, the encyclopedia will be expanded to include object case studies. The encyclopedia aims to provide readers with scholarly articles by global contributors and specialists in all things medieval, to bring the medieval world alive and present how, as today, diversity and connection competed with isolation and conflict during a significant era in global history.

Erforschen - Erkennen - Weitergeben. Gewidmet dem Gedenken an Helmut Buschhausen, edited by Heide Buschhausen und Jadranka Prolović, Lohmar, 2021

A large icon depicting the Allegory of Heavenly Jerusalem belongs to the Monastery of the Most Ho... more A large icon depicting the Allegory of Heavenly Jerusalem belongs to the Monastery of the Most Holy Virgin Platytera, in Corfu. The image of Heavenly Jerusalem, at the top right of the icon, is counterbalanced by that of Babylon, at the bottom left. Numerous personifications of vices exit through the wide gate in Babylon’s wall and move towards Hell, while only a few figures, mainly Orthodox monks, leave Babylon through a narrow gate, attempting to reach Holy Zion. Apart from Biblical sources, this imagery is influenced by the treatise "The Heavenly Ladder" by John Sinaites (also called John Climacus) and its representations as well as Renaissance art. The icon can be dated to between 1510 and the middle of the sixteenth century and attributed
to Venetian-held Crete.

Ἐγκαρδίως. Αφιέρωμα στον Νίκο Ζία (επιμ. Αναστασία Τούρτα και Τζένη Αλμπάνη), Θεσσαλονίκη: Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού. Διεύθυνση Βυζαντινών και Μεταβυζαντινών Αρχαιοτήτων - Ευρωπαϊκό Κέντρο Βυζαντινών και Μεταβυζαντινών Μνημείων, 2021

Ἑκάστου τὸ ἔργον φανερὸν γενήσεται. Icon with the Last Judgment at the Saint Catherine’s Monaster... more Ἑκάστου τὸ ἔργον φανερὸν γενήσεται.
Icon with the Last Judgment at the Saint Catherine’s Monastery, on Mount Sinai.

A large Post-Byzantine icon of the Last Judgment (fig. 1) (dimensions 105 x 115 cm) is fixed, among other panel icons, on the reverse side of the iconostasis at the katholikon of Saint Catherine’s monastery, on Mount Sinai. It is a work of high artistic quality, with a wealth of iconography and influences from High Renaissance painting. It can be attributed to the Cretan painter Georgios Klontzas (1530s-1608) and dated in terms of stylistic criteria to the last decade of the sixteenth century.

In line with the Byzantine iconography of the Second Coming, the icon in question shows the contrast between the two worlds, of Good and Evil, placing greater emphasis to the former; an inscription above Christ refers only to the righteous. Three choirs of elects are shown on the left, whereas the sinners, to the right, are portrayed in one group. The damned in Hell are less numerous than in other Last Judgments by Klontzas. On the other hand, Paradise is inhabited only by the Ancient of Days, welcoming the repentant Thief. This iconographic rendering is probably related to the fact that the icon addressed a monastic community, aiming to enhance their faith and call upon them to repentance. As cited in the research to present, Klontzas had close relations to the Sinai monastery, for which he painted seven more icons.

Urban Art and the City: Creating, Destroying, and Reclaiming the Sublime, ed. by Argyro Loukaki, Abingdon: Routledge, 2021

Byzantine and post-Byzantine art was not familiar with a realistic visual approach of the city. H... more Byzantine and post-Byzantine art was not familiar with a realistic visual approach of the city. However, cityscapes in some post-Byzantine icons, which this paper aims to explore, are not merely complementary motifs to the backdrop of religious scenes but also visual expressions of the commissioner’s notions of the social character of the city. The rendering of cities in these icons conforms to visual conventions of Byzantine art, and particularly the lack of perspective, urban fabric, and landmarks, as well as the anti-realistic forms of buildings, and their small scale in relation to human figures. On the other hand, elements of the pictorial narrative, as well as inscriptions, contribute to the visual articulation of criticism towards late medieval urban life.

Case studies of this approach are three icons in Greek and Cypriot collections which this paper aims to discuss: the Allegory of Heavenly Jerusalem at the Monastery of the Most Holy Virgin Platytera, in Corfu island; St. Demetrios at the Byzantine Museum of Antivouniotissa in Corfu; the Last Judgment, at the Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation in Nicosia.

Heaven and Earth. Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections, exhibition catalogue, ed. by Anastasia Drandaki, Demetra Papanikola-Bakirtzi, and Anastasia Tourta., 2013

The Historical Review/La Revue Historique, 16, 2019

This paper addresses attitudes towards the medieval past of Athens from modern to postmodern time... more This paper addresses attitudes towards the medieval past of Athens from modern to postmodern times. Athens, a symbol of classical civilisation, had become a provincial Byzantine centre. From the proclamation of Athens in 1833 as the capital of the modern Greek state to about 1880, archaeological research in Athens focused on classical antiquities at the expense of the preservation of monuments of the Middle Ages, which was regarded as a period of decline. The historical and artistic value of Athenian medieval monuments has been acknowledged since the late nineteenth century. The international progress of Byzantine studies, the national narrative on the continuity of Greek history, the political concept of the Megali Idea (“Great Idea”), and contemporary state policies based on “diachrony and synergy” contributed to this significant ideological shift. Athens is, however, still renowned and admired worldwide for its classical past, with its medieval cultural heritage less highlighted.

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Η ζωφόρος του Μεγάρου Stoclet, σε σχέδια του Gustav Klimt (1905-1911), είναι ένα σύνολο τριών ψηφ... more Η ζωφόρος του Μεγάρου Stoclet, σε σχέδια του Gustav Klimt (1905-1911), είναι ένα σύνολο τριών ψηφιδωτών πινάκων, οι οποίοι κοσμούν την τραπεζαρία της πολυτελούς κατοικίας του Adolphe Stoclet, έργου του αρχιτέκτονα Josef Hoffmann και, από το 2009, μνημείο της παγκόσμιας πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς της UNESCO. Στην παρούσα μελέτη διερευνώνται οι επιδράσεις της βυζαντινής τέχνης στη «ζωφόρο Stoclet» στην οποία κυριαρχεί η απεικόνιση του Δέντρου της Ζωής.

H. Buschhausen, J. Albani, C. Bohlman, G. Dembski, T. Gorecki, F. M. Khorshid, M. Lantschner, B. Mencarelli, W. Pahl, H. Plach, T. Pertlwieser, K. Scherzer, Die Ausgrabungen von Dair Abu Fana in Ägypten in den Jahren 1991, 1992 und 1993, Ägypten und die Levante VI (1996) 13-48

Η σχετικά μικρή συλλογή εικόνων του Μουσείου Ιστορίας και Φυσικής της Χίου συγκροτήθηκε κυρίως απ... more Η σχετικά μικρή συλλογή εικόνων του Μουσείου Ιστορίας και Φυσικής της Χίου συγκροτήθηκε κυρίως από δωρεές μαθητών του Γυμνασίου. Οι δέκα εικόνες της, που παρουσιάζονται αντιπροσωπευτικά στην ενότητα αυτή, εντάσσονται στη χρονική περίοδο από τον 18ο αιώνα έως τις αρχές του 20ού, εποχή κατά την οποία το νησί γνώρισε ευημερία και πολιτιστική ανάπτυξη, αλλά δέχθηκε επίσης μεγάλα πλήγματα, την καταστροφή του 1822 και τον μεγάλο σεισμό του 1881.

H. Buschhausen, J. Albani, A. Dostal, Th. Gorécki, H. Harrauer, F. M. Khorshid, B. Mencarelli, W. Pahl, V. Vogel, Ausgrabungen von Dair Abu Fana in Ägypten im Jahr 1990, Ägypten und die Levante IV (1993) 95-127.

Μετά το τέλος της Εικονομαχίας, το 843, και τη συνακόλουθη διασαφήνιση του ρόλου της εικόνας στην... more Μετά το τέλος της Εικονομαχίας, το 843, και τη συνακόλουθη διασαφήνιση του ρόλου της εικόνας στην Ορθοδοξία, το τέμπλο των βυζαντινών ναών διαμορφώνεται βαθμιαία σε ψηλό συμπαγές πέτασμα με φορητές εικόνες (εικονοστάσιο). Υπό την επίδραση των μυστικιστικών τάσεων, που υπήρξαν καθοριστικές για την εξέλιξη της Θείας Λειτουργίας, το ψηλό τέμπλο καθιστά τα τεκταινόμενα στο ιερό αθέατα για το εκκλησίασμα. Παράλληλα προσαρμόζεται στους νέους αρχιτεκτονικούς τύπους του ορθόδοξου ναού, έχει δηλαδή κατά κανόνα ευθύγραμμη διάταξη και αναπτύσσεται καθ' όλο το πλάτος της ανατολικής πλευράς του ναού και δη της πρόθεσης, του ιερού και του διακονικού. Στο κέντρο του, η Ωραία Πύλη συνδέει τον κυρίως ναό με το ιερό, πρόσβαση στο οποίο έχουν μόνο οι κληρικοί.

Erratum in Chapter "Byzantine archives in the monasteries of Mount Athos". Read: Alexios I Komn... more Erratum in
Chapter "Byzantine archives in the monasteries of Mount Athos".
Read: Alexios I Komnenos (instead of: John II Komnenos)

Λαγογιάννη-Γεωργακαράκου, Μ. και Τζ. Αλμπάνη. Ολυμπία: Μύθος – Λατρεία- Αγώνες. Μια σημαντική έκ... more Λαγογιάννη-Γεωργακαράκου, Μ. και Τζ. Αλμπάνη. Ολυμπία: Μύθος – Λατρεία- Αγώνες. Μια σημαντική έκθεση για την αρχαία Ελλάδα στο εξωτερικό και τα πλεονεκτήματα της εξωστρέφειας. ICOM Ενημερωτικό Δελτίο, 2012, Τεύχος 9, σ. 19-20.

Λαγογιάννη-Γεωργακαράκου, Μ. και Τζ. Αλμπάνη. Η χρήση και η διαχείριση πολιτιστικών, αρχαιολογικ... more Λαγογιάννη-Γεωργακαράκου, Μ. και Τζ. Αλμπάνη. Η χρήση και η διαχείριση πολιτιστικών, αρχαιολογικών χώρων. Η περίπτωση των «Πράσινων Πολιτιστικών Διαδρομών»., Αθήνα 2012. Ημερίδα: Ανθρωπογενές Περιβάλλον & Αειφόρος Διαχείριση. Διοργάνωση Mediterranean Education Initiative for Environment & Sustainability (MEdIES) και Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) - 2012-2013 for Greece.
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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Diachronic Artistic and Spatial Convergences and Divergences in the Mediterranean, 2022

Extended deadline for abstracts: October 31, 2022 Venue: Athens, The Acropolis Museum Auditorium ... more Extended deadline for abstracts: October 31, 2022
Venue: Athens, The Acropolis Museum Auditorium (April 27-29, 2023)

Conference On Monumentality book of abstracts, 2019

A century separates us from the “rupture of history” and the historical ambiguities that the earl... more A century separates us from the “rupture of history” and the historical ambiguities that the early heroic modernism introduced in the urban space, and eighty years from the destruction of the European monumental deposit from the bombings of WWII, a defining moment for the introduction of new kinds of monumentality alongside the old ones. Yet, monumentality still emerges as a major spatial, aesthetic, symbolic, architectural and archaeological phenomenon. In a climate of pessimism in present day western cities, which are dealing with an increasingly precarious present, due to economic and other forms of instability, the durability of monumentality as “urban permanence” (the famous Aldo Rossi concept), appears to be among the few remaining symbolic and spatial rocks and as such is needed, maintained, enhanced, landscaped and even invented.

The international conference “On Monumentality”, to be held in the Acropolis Museum, Athens, 4-6 of April, 2019, will explore the following relevant dimensions of monumentality and the monumental both in the European urban and peripheral space and also of cities/countries globally:
• Old, new and emergent kinds of monumentality
• Struggles around monumentality formation: Social, symbolic and political aspects
• Aesthetics of monumentality’s protection
• The economic and developmental aspects of monumentality
• Monumentality in the urban space and the “natural”/regional landscape
• Scales of the monumental
In the above context proposals of papers were submitted from architects, archaeologists, urban planners, urban and cultural geographers, art theorists and historians, social anthropologists and other relevant theorists.

On Monumentality. Book of Abstracts, 2019

International Conference "On Monumentality" (Athens, The Acropolis Museum, 4 - 6 April 2019). Pr... more International Conference "On Monumentality" (Athens, The Acropolis Museum, 4 - 6 April 2019). Programme, Abstracts of Papers, CVs of Participants. Organizing Committee: Argyro Loukaki, Dimitris Plantzos, Konstantinos Soueref, Jenny Albani, Dionysis Mourelatos, and Stavros Alifragkis.

A century separates us from the " rupture of history " and the historical ambiguities that the ea... more A century separates us from the " rupture of history " and the historical ambiguities that the early heroic modernism introduced in the urban space, and eighty years from the destruction of the European monumental deposit from the bombings of WWII, a defining moment for the introduction of new kinds of monumentality alongside the old ones. Yet, monumentality still emerges as a major spatial, aesthetic, symbolic, architectural and archaeological phenomenon. In a climate of pessimism in present day western cities, which are dealing with an increasingly precarious present, due to economic and other forms of instability, the durability of monumentality as " urban permanence " (the famous Aldo Rossi concept), appears to be among the few remaining symbolic and spatial rocks and as such is needed, maintained, enhanced, landscaped and even invented.

Byzantium in Change: Art, Archaeology and Society in the 13th c. Convenors: Jenny Albani (Hell... more Byzantium in Change:
Art, Archaeology and Society in the 13th c.

Convenors: Jenny Albani (Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Hellenic Open University)
Ioanna Christoforaki (Academy of Athens)

The year 1204, when Byzantium was conquered by the participants of the Fourth Crusade, marks a major and violent change on several levels, including politics and the economy, society and religion, as well as art and culture. The once powerful empire experienced both the humiliation of foreign occupation and its political subjugation. After its re-establishment in 1261, Byzantium had become a shrunken state, surrounded by aggressive enemies, while a number of its vital areas, such as Crete, Cyprus and the Ionian islands remained under foreign rule. These changes influenced not only the artistic output but the everyday life of the Byzantines as well. New ideas, new preferences and new techniques are attested in architecture, painting, sculpture and minor arts, all of which developed a new dynamic.

Although the changes which occurred during the thirteenth century, both in archaeology and society, have been examined in the past, a re-evalution of old and new data, combined with a fresh look on recent archaeological finds, is long overdue. The Thematic Session, entitled Byzantium in Change. Art, Archaeology and Society in the 13th c., aims to provide a well-rounded and balanced overview of this troubled century, by examining the transformations created and developed within the new framework of co-existence among Byzantines, Latins, Slavs and Ottomans. The main focus will be on architecture, painting and material culture, as attested in key political entities of the now fragmented Byzantine territory.

The participants in the Thematic Session, chosen to represent both established and younger scholars from Greece and abroad, are art and architectural historians, material culture experts and field archaeologists. They have been asked to explore issues relating to the artistic expression of the encounter between Byzantium and the West; the continuity, change or adaptation of artistic trends before and after 1204, both in urban centres and the countryside; and the archaeological testimonies for interaction, opposition or symbiosis, both on official and local levels.

Temporary exhibitions on Byzantine culture in the international milieu, 2000-2017: Innovation or ... more Temporary exhibitions on Byzantine culture in the international milieu, 2000-2017: Innovation or continuity?

Our paper deals with the 21st-century temporary exhibitions on Byzantine culture. Since the topic of the ideological approach to Byzantium by means of temporary exhibitions from the early 21st century to the present day has already been thoroughly explored, the paper discusses the prevailing museological approach to Byzantine culture and its dynamics.

At the dawn of the 21st century, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture organized an exhibition trilogy on Byzantine culture titled Byzantine «Hours, Works and Days in Byzantium» (fig. 1). From a museological point of view, it was an ambitious and pioneering project, since it consisted of three complementary shows on various aspects of Byzantine culture in three venues (Athens [fig. 2], Thessaloniki [fig. 3], and Mystras, 2001). For the first time in Athens, following the key exhibition Byzantine Art, A European Art (Athens, 1964), important loans from European and American museums were presented together with exhibits and recent excavation finds from Greece. Also, for the first time in Greece emphasis was placed primarily on Byzantine culture and not on Byzantine art. «Byzantine Hours, Works and Days in Byzantium» offered to the general public and the international scientific community the upto-date Greek scientific approach to Byzantium and was accompanied by two international conferences, cultural events, a comprehensive catalogue for each part of the trilogy, a concise catalogue on all three exhibitions and a CDROM. The show was praised by the Press and its attendance reached unprecedented levels.

Nowadays, seventeen years later, more than thirty exhibitions on Byzantine culture with loans from many countries have been organized in Greece and abroad. The facts speak for themselves: an average of two exhibitions per year is indicative of the increased interest in Byzantium worldwide; hence, the need for feedback and thoughts is evident. In terms of their topic, these exhibitions can be divided into two types: a) the «encyclopaedic» and b) the «thematic» exhibitions. These two types are not strictly defined and can sometimes overlap.

More specifically:
«Encyclopaedic» exhibitions approach the Byzantine culture from a global perspective (figs 6-9). They either provide a stroll through history (4th c. to the mid-15th c.), as is usually the case, or focus on a long time period, with the exhibition trilogy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York («Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Third to Seventh Century» [1977-1978], «The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, AD 843-1261» [1997] and «Byzantium: Faith and Power 1261-1557» [2004]) being an outstanding example. With attractive titles, which refer primarily to the grandeur of the Byzantine Empire, encyclopaedic exhibitions are organized by prominent museums that involve high cost. They are addressed to a wide audience, unfamiliar with Byzantium, presenting aspects of the Byzantine political institutions, Christian faith, everyday life and cultural exchanges of the Byzantines with their neighbours, thereby offering a «panorama» of the Byzantine culture. Consequently, these exhibitions include a large number of works, which are often loans from museums of many countries, and thus acquire an «international» character. They are usually followed by lectures, symposia, and educational programmes, as well as comprehensive and richly illuminated catalogues (figs 4-5) that contribute to their educational goal. Aiming at the overall presentation of the political, intellectual and artistic heritage of Byzantium, this exhibition type harks back to analogous shows of the 1990s organized by major museums in Europe and the USA.

From a museological point of view, «thematic» exhibitions –that deal, as globally as possible, with a specific topic of Byzantine culture– (figs 10, 11) appear to be more pioneering and innovative in comparison with their «encyclopaedic» counterparts. Some of them derive from research programmes, while others give rise to research. A typical example of this category is the exhibition «Architecture as Icon. Perception and Representation of Architecture in Byzantine Art», which was inspired by a multiannual research programme of the European Centre for Byzantine and post-Byzantine Monuments in Thessaloniki and Princeton University. The exhibition was presented at the Museum of Byzantine Culture (fig. 11), Thessaloniki, in 2009, and Princeton University Art Museum in 2010.

Modern digital technology can also play an important part in an exhibition, contributing to a comprehensible and interactive narrative (fig. 13). We, therefore, strongly suggest that the archaeological exhibitions should approach the past from a fresh point of view, supported by modern technological media, which should not substitute but interpret the exhibits.

As regards the aforementioned two exhibition types on Byzantine culture, «encyclopaedic» and «thematic», we believe that the former has completed its «lifecycle» since most of the countries that promote Byzantine studies and/or host museums with Byzantine artefacts, have already presented their own ideological and museological approach to the Byzantine Empire. Innovation could be probably achieved through «thematic» exhibitions, since:
- They can pick promising topics and offer new narratives based on outcomes of science programmes and/or newly published views of research. Special care should be taken to make scientific data available to the general public and not only to experts.
- They can include new excavation finds and objects from museum depots, presenting them in new contexts omitting the well-known highlights. Archaeological finds themselves could sometimes stimulate the creation of a thematic exhibition.
- They can create new jobs for young scholars, who, on the one hand, will contribute to the research and narrative of the exhibition offering a fresh outlook, and, on the other, will be trained through their participation in the project.

The original question «Exhibitions on Byzantine art or Byzantine culture?» has nowadays been replaced by the question «Exhibitions with an overall view of the Byzantine culture or «thematic» exhibitions, more demanding on their approach to the subject and also on their presentation?» In other words: repeat a tried-and-tested old «recipe» or move towards new directions?

Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles, vol. 9 / Ed. A. V. Zakharova, S. V. Mal’tseva, E. Iu. Staniukovich-Denisova. — Moscow: Lomonosov Moscow State University / St. Petersburg: NP-Print, 2019

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Στη Βυζαντινή και Μεταβυζαντινή Συλλογή Χανίων, η οποία στεγάζεται στον αναστηλωμένο βενετσιάνικο... more Στη Βυζαντινή και Μεταβυζαντινή Συλλογή Χανίων, η οποία στεγάζεται στον αναστηλωμένο βενετσιάνικο ναό του San Salvatore, εκτίθεται πλην των άλλων ένα σύνολο έργων μικροτεχνίας, κυρίως κοσμήματα και εξαρτήματα ένδυσης, που βρέθηκαν κατά τις ανασκαφικές έρευνες της 13 ης Εφορείας Βυζαντινών Αρχαιοτήτων. 1 Τα δακτυλίδια της Συλλογής εκπροσωπούν, με βάση τη στρωματογραφία, τους μεσοβυζαντινούς καθώς και τους μεταβυζαντινούς χρόνους. Στην ανακοίνωση αυτή παρουσιάζονται επιλεκτικά αντιπροσωπευτικοί τύποι των δακτυλιδιών της μέσης βυζαντινής περιόδου (10 ος -12 ος αι.), τα οποία είναι τα πλέον πολυάριθμα, με στόχο να ενταχθούν στην καλλιτεχνική παραγωγή της εποχής τους. Όλα τα έργα αποτελούν κτερίσματα γυναικείων τάφων.

It is nowadays generally accepted that the Byzantines were familiar with the art of antiquity. Th... more It is nowadays generally accepted that the Byzantines were familiar with the art of antiquity. This is mainly visible in the artistic activity of the so-called Byzantine "renaissances". The display of ancient statues in public places of Byzantine cities, probably over one hundred in Constantinople during the middle Byzantine period [30, p. 58], and the reuse of spolia in buildings are well documented [6; 7; 27; 36; 8; 40]. Moreover, it is believed that antique engraved gems, namely intaglios and cameos manufactured prior to the 4 th century AD, were collected in Byzantium [31, pp. 58-62]. The majority of these precious stones are now in the West where they arrived either as diplomatic gifts and purchases or as spoils of the Fourth Crusade [23, p. 113; 43, p. 2]. They were reused there by rulers, members of the aristocracy and high-ranking prelates to embellish precious liturgical objects as well as insignia and jewels [31, pp. 58-59; 52, pp. 249-270; 46, p. 1 n. 2]. It is interesting to note that no sacred objects of Byzantine origin, decorated with ancient engraved gems, have come down to us. It has, however, been argued that the Byzantines too, by engraving new inscriptions on antique cameos, altered their original meaning and attached them to religious objects like reliquaries and book covers [31, pp. 58-62; 32, p. 81]. On the other hand, extant Byzantine jewels, mostly rings, set with antique engraved gems, although significantly fewer than the Western ones, prove that the Byzantines also followed this practice.

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Ενημερωτικό Δελτίο του Ελληνικού Τμήματος του ICOM, περ. Β', αρ. 18, 2021

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To βιβλίο εξετάζει 48 δακτυλίδια της υστεροβυζαντινής περιόδου (1204 – 1453), αποκαλύπτοντας τη δ... more To βιβλίο εξετάζει 48 δακτυλίδια της υστεροβυζαντινής περιόδου (1204 – 1453), αποκαλύπτοντας τη δεξιοτεχνία και την επινοητικότητα των βυζαντινών χρυσοχόων σε μια εποχή πολλαπλών δυσκολιών, η οποία έκλεισε με την κατάλυση του Βυζαντίου από τους Οθωμανούς. Τα έργα αυτά, τα οποία ανήκουν σε μουσεία και ιδιωτικές συλλογές, είναι στην πλειονότητά τους γνωστά από μεμονωμένες δημοσιεύσεις τους, μια συνθετική μελέτη τους αποτελούσε, ωστόσο, επιστημονικό ζητούμενο. Το βιβλίο περιλαμβάνει εισαγωγή και πέντε κεφάλαια. Στην αρχή του δεύτερου, του τρίτου και του τέταρτου κεφαλαίου υπάρχει κατάλογος των προς εξέταση έργων και ακολουθούν υποκεφάλαια με παρατηρήσεις και σχολιασμό τους. Στο τελευταίο κεφάλαιο παρουσιάζονται τα συμπεράσματα της μελέτης. Ο τόμος περιέχει επίσης οκτώ ευρετήρια (μουσειακών συλλογών, συλλεκτών, περιοχών εύρεσης, τόπων, θεμάτων, βυζαντινών αξιωμάτων, προσώπων, επιγραφών σε δακτυλίδια της παλαιολόγειας περιόδου). Στους 24 πίνακες του βιβλίου, που ακολουθούν, εμπεριέχονται έγχρωμες, στην πλειονότητά τους, φωτογραφίες των δακτυλιδιών του καταλόγου καθώς και του συγκριτικού υλικού. Στην εισαγωγή ο συγγραφέας επιχειρεί γενική επισκόπηση της παλαιολόγειας κοσμηματοτεχνίας, παρατηρώντας ότι, σε αντιδιαστολή με την πληθωρική παραγωγή της μεσοβυζαντινής περιόδου, ολιγάριθμα έργα μικροτεχνίας, ακόμη και από μη ευγενή μέταλλα, μπορούν να χρονολογηθούν με ασφάλεια στους υστεροβυζαντινούς χρόνους. Εξετάζοντας τα λιγοστά δεδομένα σχετικά με εργαστήρια αργυροχρυσοχοΐας στη Θεσσαλονίκη, τον Μυστρά, την Ήπειρο, τη Θεσσαλία και την Τραπεζούντα, καταλήγει στη διαπίστωση ότι πηγή προέλευσης όλων σχεδόν των κοσμημάτων υψηλής ποιότητας ήταν η Κωνσταντινούπολη.

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The year 1204, when Byzantium was conquered by the participants of the Fourth Crusade, marks a ma... more The year 1204, when Byzantium was conquered by the participants of the Fourth Crusade, marks a major and violent change on several levels, including politics and the economy, society and religion, as well as art and culture. The once powerful empire experienced both the humiliation of foreign occupation and its political subjugation. After its re-establishment in 1261, Byzantium had become a shrunken state, surrounded by aggressive enemies, while a number of its vital areas, such as Crete and Cyprus, together with the Aegean and Ionian islands, remained under foreign rule. These changes influenced not only the artistic output but the everyday life of the Byzantines as well. New ideas, new preferences, and new techniques are attested in architecture, painting, sculpture, and minor arts, all of which developed a new dynamic.

According to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesos (c. 535 – c. 475 B.C.), whose aphorism Πάντα ῥεῖ, i.e. everything flows, is highlighted in the title of this collective volume, change is the fundamental essence of the universe. The book aims to provide an up-to-date, well-rounded, and balanced overview of the long thirteenth century, by examining aspects of the artistic and cultural transformations created and developed within the new framework of co-existence among Byzantines, Latins, Slavs, and Ottomans.

Ioanna Koltsida-Makre The significance of the iconography of Βyzantine lead seals. The example of... more Ioanna Koltsida-Makre The significance of the iconography of Βyzantine lead seals. The example of Orphanides-Nicolaides Collection (Athens Numismatic Museum).

The Splendour of Heaven. Sacred Treasures from Byzantine Collections and Museums in Greece, Athens, 2001

Catalogue of the exhibition "The Splendour of Heaven. Sacred Treasures from Byzantine Collections... more Catalogue of the exhibition "The Splendour of Heaven. Sacred Treasures from Byzantine Collections and Museums in Greece" at the Frankfurt Dommuseum (September 2001 - January 2002).

Introduction by Nikos Zias. Entries by Nikos Zias and Jenny Albani. Edited by Despoina Eugenidou ... more Introduction by Nikos Zias. Entries by Nikos Zias and Jenny Albani. Edited by Despoina Eugenidou and Jenny Albani. Translated by John Davis

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In the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, in 1204, Athens surrendered to the conquerors, the Crusad... more In the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, in 1204, Athens surrendered to the conquerors, the Crusaders, coming under the rule of the Burgundian De la Roche family, who established the Duchy of Athens. In 1311, it passed to the Catalan mercenaries and, in 1388, to the Florentine banking family of the Acciaiuoli. In 1456, the Ottoman troops of Sultan Mehmed II captured Athens bringing the Latin rule to an end.

Given that the earlier theory on the decline of Athens during its 254-year-long Latin occupation no longer holds, this paper, by reassessing recent archaeological research, will survey transformation issues of the Athenian urban landscape and its hinterland due to Latin policies and building activity. Spatial and architectural developments include i.a.:
- The construction of the Rizokastro, a wall encircling the foot of the Acropolis rock
- The reinforcement of the Acropolis fortifications, several transformations of its ancient monuments, such as the conversion of the Mnesiklean Propylaia for residential use, and new buildings, as is the case of the so-called Frankish Tower.
- The erection of numerous towers in the Attic landscape with a role in defence and surveillance or a domestic function.
- Alterations to orthodox churches and monasteries under Latin patronage, e.g. to the Daphni monastery, occupied by monks of the Cistercian Order and used as a mausoleum of the De la Roche rulers, and to the middle Byzantine churches of Saint John Mangoutes and Prophet Elijah.

In conclusion, I will address this compelling question: Did the palimpsest of Latin-ruled Athens end up resembling a Western city of the High Middle Ages?

Rhodes Riches - 2021 Studium Generale, 9 Απριλίου, 2021

Ο 15ος αιώνας βρήκε το βυζαντινό κράτος σε κατάσταση πολιτικής αδυναμίας και οικονομικής ένδειας,... more Ο 15ος αιώνας βρήκε το βυζαντινό κράτος σε κατάσταση πολιτικής αδυναμίας και οικονομικής ένδειας, με τους Οθωμανούς να αποτελούν έναν διαρκή και προφανή κίνδυνο για την ίδια την ύπαρξή του. Με απώτερο σκοπό τη στρατιωτική υποστήριξη της Δύσης για την αντιμετώπιση της οθωμανικής απειλής, ο αυτοκράτορας Ιωάννης Η΄ Παλαιολόγος (1425–1448) προσπάθησε να επιτύχει την ένωση της Δυτικής και της Ανατολικής Εκκλησίας, τις οποίες χώριζε το Σχίσμα του 1054. Οι δογματικές διαφορές των δύο Εκκλησιών εξετάσθηκαν σε σύνοδο, την οποία συγκάλεσε ο πάπας Ευγένιος Δ΄ (1431–1447), αρχικά στη Φερράρα και στη συνέχεια στη Φλωρεντία (1438–1439). Εκεί, επιφανείς δυτικοί θεολόγοι αντάλλαξαν απόψεις με σημαντικούς βυζαντινούς λογίους και θρησκευτικούς ταγούς, καθοδηγούμενους από τον βυζαντινό αυτοκράτορα Ιωάννη και τον γηραιό πατριάρχη Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Ιωσήφ Β΄ (1416–1439).

Παρά τη δεινή πολιτική και οικονομική συνθήκη στο Βυζάντιο αλλά και τα προβλήματα της διεθνούς αυτής συνάντησης με τις πολυεπίπεδες αντιπαραθέσεις, η περσόνα του αυτοκράτορα Ιωάννη Η΄ Παλαιολόγου ταυτίσθηκε στην Ιταλία με τη μεγάλη πολιτισμική παράδοση της Ανατολής, ασκώντας γοητεία και αφήνοντας ένα έντονο εικαστικό αποτύπωμα στην τέχνη της Αναγέννησης. Η απεικόνιση του βυζαντινού ηγέτη, σε έργα μικροτεχνίας, γλυπτικής και ζωγραφικής, απασχόλησε σπουδαίους καλλιτέχνες της εποχής, μεταξύ των οποίων οι Pisanello, Filarete, Donatello, Benozzo Gozzoli και Piero della Francesca. Ενίοτε μάλιστα η μορφή του Ιωάννη δεν διατήρησε την ιστορική της ταυτότητα, αλλά δάνεισε τα χαρακτηριστικά της σε εμβληματικές προσωπικότητες της ελληνικής μυθολογίας και της Καινής Διαθήκης. Η ομιλία αυτή θα παρουσιάσει σημαντικά, από εικονογραφική άποψη, πορτρέτα και κρυπτο-πορτρέτα του Ιωάννη Η΄ Παλαιολόγου σε αναγεννησιακά έργα 15ου – 16ου αιώνα, φωτίζοντας παράλληλα το ιστορικό, κοινωνικό και πολιτικό πλαίσιο δημιουργίας και πρόσληψής τους.

Der in der Bibel erwähnte Baum des Lebens, der nach patristischen Interpretationen allegorisch un... more Der in der Bibel erwähnte Baum des Lebens, der nach patristischen Interpretationen allegorisch und typologisch mit Christus, dem Heiligen Kreuz und Reliquien des Heiligen Kreuzes in Zusammenhang steht, taucht oft in der christlichen Kunst auf. In Byzanz wurde eroft nach antiken orientalischen Vorbildern zwischen Löwen, Vögeln oder Sphinxen dargestellt.

Der vom österreichischen Künstler Gustav Klimt zwischen 1905 und 1911 entworfene Wandfries des Stoclet-Palastes in Brüssel besteht aus drei Mosaiktafeln, die den Speisesaal der luxuriösen Residenz des Großindustriellen Adolphe Stoclet verzierten. Der Vortrag
befasst sich mit der Frage, ob byzantinische Einflüsse auf die Ikonographie und den Stil des “Stoclet Frieses” zu erkennen sind, auf dem der Baum des Lebens als zentrales Bildthema auftritt.

Es ist bereits bekannt, dass die byzantinischen Wandmosaiken, die Klimt während seiner Reisen nach Venedig und Ravenna (1890 und 1903) bewunderte und studierte, eine morphoplastische Rolle in den Werken seiner sogenannten “goldenen Periode” (1899-1910)
spielten. Die byzantinischen Emails, die in San Marco erhalten geblieben sind, könnten auch dem Künstler als Inspirationsquelle gedient haben. Darüber hinaus weisen die symbolischen
Elemente des Stoclet-Frieses darauf hin, dass Klimt sich mit der frühchristlichen und mittelalterlichen Ikonographie gut auskannte.

Auswahlliteratur: Chr. M. Nebehay, Gustav Klimt Documentation, Wien 1969. R. S. Nelson, “Modernism’s Byzantium Byzantium’s Modernism”, in: Byzantium/Modernism. The Byzantine as Method in Modernity (Hrgb. von R. Betancourt, M. Taroutina), Leiden, Boston 2015, 15–36. C. E. Schorske, Fin-de-siècle Vienna. Politics and Culture, New York 1980. M. E. Warlick, Mythic Rebirth in Gustav Klimt's Stoclet Frieze: New Considerations of Its Egyptianizing Form and Content, The Art Bulletin Bd. 74, Nr. 1 (März 1992) 115–134.

Webinar, 18-20 March, 2021. Proposals, including name plus title and abstract of paper of up to 3... more Webinar, 18-20 March, 2021.
Proposals, including name plus title and abstract of paper of up to 300 words can be sent to: on.revolution.conference@gmail.com
by November 30, 2020.

The international conference Space, Art and Architecture between East and West: The Revolutionary... more The international conference Space, Art and Architecture between East and West: The Revolutionary Spirit, organized by the Module Art-Architecture-Urban Planning, Hellenic Open University intends to explore the spatial and creative aspects and impacts of the above
processes both diachronically and in the present. More particularly, the following relevant dimensions will be pursued globally:
 Competing cultures: ‘East’-‘West’ dialogues, rationalities, spatialities, perceptions,
artistic and architectural creativity, old and new colonialisms, clashes and upheavals.
 Processes of exchange during the beginning of modernity, starting from the 16th
century.
 What and where was the Renaissance in regard to appropriations and
interpretations of Byzantium and the East.
 Edward Said’s Orientalism and cultures of travel: The present narratives.
 Eastern art and architecture as Western history of art and architecture.
 Post-war cultural dynamism of the USA as the new ‘Western’ frontier of art and art history.

A century separates us from the " rupture of history " and the historical ambiguities that the ea... more A century separates us from the " rupture of history " and the historical ambiguities that the early heroic modernism introduced in the urban space, and eighty years from the destruction of the European monumental deposit from the bombings of WWII, a defining moment for the introduction of new kinds of monumentality alongside the old ones. Yet, monumentality still emerges as a major spatial, aesthetic, symbolic, architectural and archaeological phenomenon. In a climate of pessimism in present day western cities, which are dealing with an increasingly precarious present, due to economic and other forms of instability, the durability of monumentality as " urban permanence " (the famous Aldo Rossi concept), appears to be among the few remaining symbolic and spatial rocks and as such is needed, maintained, enhanced, landscaped and even invented.

Diachronic Artistic and Spatial Convergences and Divergences in the Mediterranean. International Conference. Book of abstracts, 2023

The Historical Review/La Revue Historique 18.1, 2021

by Paschalis Androudis, Katerina A Manoussou-Ntella, Dimitris Liakos, Alkiviadis Ginalis, Lilyana Yordanova, Evangelos A Papathanassiou, Sotiris Voyadjis, Nebojša Stanković, Elli Tzavella, Jenny Albani, Demetris Athanasoulis, Stavros Arvanitopoulos, cécile khalifa, Stephane Pradines, Mathias Piana, Fabio Coden, Jasmina S. Ciric, Sonia Gkounta, Mustafa Çağhan Keskin, Vincent Ory, Androniki Batzikosta, Georgia Graikou, Paolo Maranzana, Kerim Altug, Petra Lučeničová, Erdal Eser, Ivana Mihaljinec, Michael K Miaoulis, filippos stathoulopoulos, Oleg G . Ulyanov (Олег Германович Ульянов), and Eleni Faka

The Online International Conference devoted to the Towers in Byzantine and Post Byzantine period ... more The Online International Conference devoted to the Towers in Byzantine and Post Byzantine period (10th-16th centuries), to be held virtually via Zoom from 18 to 20 November 2022, seeks to illuminate aspects of their construction, decoration, function and evolution in time. Our Conference does not aim at exhausting the subject, but will offer an interdisciplinary forum for a selection of talks that touch upon some of the following aspects:
- Single (free)- standing towers
- Monastic Towers
- Towers in maritime forts, harbors and arsenals
- Towers in Palaces
- Donjons
- Towers with gates
- Byzantine Towers in Asia Minor (Anatolia)
- Towers of the Frankish, Venetian and Genoese rulers
- Towers of the Order of St. John
- Genoese Towers in Turkey
- Seljuk Towers
- Ottoman Towers
- Post-Byzantine Towers
- Towers with canons
- Tower Houses of the Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian and
early Ottoman Period
- Inscriptions on Towers
- Heraldry in Towers
- Buttressed Towers